Gary Ayles
Nationality	British
Born	(1964-09-25)25 September 1964 (age 60) Robertsbridge,East Sussex, England
British Touring Car Championship
Years active	1988–1989,1991–1992,1996
Teams	Andy Rouse Engineering Arquati Racing Team Peugeot Italia Team
Starts	36
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	14th in1991

Gary Patrick Ayles (born 25 September 1964) is a Britishracing driver.

Ayles raced in the British F3 championship in the late 1980s before making the switch to touring car racing. He competed in theBritish Touring Car Championship in 1991 driving forToyota alongsideAndy Rouse, and filled in for one race in 1992. He was offered a drive with the factoryPeugeot team in theSuperturismo series as teammate toFabrizio Giovanardi. In his three years with the team he finished runner up in the championship in 1992 to the Italian and scored several wins during his time in the series against such names asGabriele Tarquini,Roberto Ravaglia andEmanuele Pirro.^[1] For 1995, he drove for the factory-backed Ferrari Club Italia team in the1995 BPR Global GT Series, driving a Ferrari F40.^[2]

Ayles returned to the BTCC in 1996, again driving for Andy Rouse in aNissan, but did not enjoy the same success.^[3] In 1997 he raced aMcLaren F1 GTR in the1997 FIA GT Championship for Parabolica Motorsport. The team achieved a brace of top six finishes against the factory teams, regularly the top privateers. This car is replicated within the video gameProject CARS 3. The year also included a one-off outing at Silverstone in the 1997British GT Championship, where he took the overall victory.^[4] He has entered the Le Mans 24hr four times with a best finish of 9th in the LMGT1 class and 18th overall at the1995 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Ferrari F40.^[5]

Ayles became a team owner in 2000, when he establishedGA Motorsport, which has entered cars in the BTCC since 2000, racing as Team Sureterm for much of 2004.^[6] At the beginning of 2005, Ayles sold his share in the team to Mike Thompson, which Thompson since rebranded asQuest Racing. After planning to enter a new team in 2006, he formed theA-Tech team, which entered the BTCC for 2007, with a pair ofAlfa Romeos forDavid Pinkney andRichard Marsh. Currently (2011) he is involved with Lotus UK's GT4 race programme with the Evora.^[7]

He co-owns a heritage vehicle shipping and delivery company, Bespoke Handling.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position - 1 point awarded all in 1996 only) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap - 1 point awarded 1988–1989 in class)

1. ^ – Race was stopped due to heavy rain. No points were awarded.

‡ Endurance driver.

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